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Ventura/AE841



Bureau #: AE841
Construction #:
  4184
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model(s):
  Ventura Mk. II
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2002

History:
Built for Royal Air Force as AE841, 19??.
Delivered to Accra by Pacific Army Air Force (PAAF), August 24, 1942.
Transferred to South African AF as 6066, May 25, 1943.
- 29 Sqdn SAAF February 1945
- 3AD (air depot) November 1945
- 15AD, Snake Valley, RSA and Struck off Charge
W. Frewen, Saxonwold, South Africa, 1951-1978.
- Stored derelict on farm.
South African AF Museum, Snake Valley AB, 1978-1994.
- Stored in open.
South African Museum, Swartkop AB, 1994-2002.
- Stored in open.
- Oldest Ventura airframe in existence

Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Anthony T. Jarvis - Ventura Memorial Flight Association
Photo Source(s):
Anthony T. Jarvis - VMFA

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